A new book about the first 14 months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term has become a word-of-mouth bestseller, selling 300,000 copies in its first week on sale for its gossipy insights into goings-on in the White House – and its interviews with key stakeholders.
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan depicts in detail key White House meetings, Trump’s military decisions, how he’s wielded the power of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) against his political opponents, and his remodelling of the White House.
For his part, Trump, who sat with Haberman and Swan for an interview for the book, now calls it “mostly made up.”
In the book’s final chapter, the authors interview Trump in the Oval Office 17 days into the Iran war. After discussing his recent purchase of some maple trees, he hands them a list of history’s most powerful people, which he claimed was by a historian – it later transpired a hobbyist golf caddy had written it – with his name at the top.
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